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Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
April 22, 2018
If that's the direction Arkansas government want to go, Job No. 1 will be establishing a system that guards against the abuses that apparently are so tempting when millions of dollars taken through governmental power are in play. Everything that's becoming public now is a result of lax oversight by design ofÃâà...
Arkansas Business Online
April 3, 2018
"The reality is they're just looking at how to make money at our expense." The coming weeks and months won't just determine how many proposals go before voters. It'll also determine how much the issue will dominate Arkansas' airwaves. Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics forÃâà...
Arkansas News
April 3, 2018
LITTLE ROCK — Competing proposals to legalize casinos in four Arkansas counties may guarantee that voters will be inundated with ads on the issue, but the focus likely won't be whether the state needs another gambling option. The debate instead could hinge on what type of casinos would be palatableÃâà...
KASU
April 3, 2018
The group of Arkansas government leaders is still working out details of how its treatment system would work, but it would include a public education campaign, training for doctors and judges, and medication and rehab treatment for addicts. Villines says the opioid crisis already requires a coordinatedÃâà...
Digital Journal
April 2, 2018
As an example, Chinese T-shirt manufacturer Tianyuan Garments Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Arkansas government to employ 400 workers at a new garment factory in Arkansas. These jobs, however, are different to those that would have bene in place five or ten years ago.
Wichita Eagle
April 1, 2018
Competing proposals to legalize casinos in four Arkansas counties may guarantee that voters will be inundated with ads on the issue, but the focus likely won't be whether the state needs another gambling option. The debate instead could hinge on what type of casinos would be palatable to this Bible BeltÃâà...
Times Record
April 1, 2018
... and months won't just determine how many proposals go before voters. It'll also determine how much the issue will dominate Arkansas' airwaves. ___. Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ademilloÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 31, 2018
The group has captured nearly four billion public expenditures as part of "the world's largest private database of government spending." The database is available free of charge to citizens and other stakeholders. OpenTheBooks.com also reports all Arkansas government employee salaries and checkbookÃâà...
The Olympian
March 31, 2018
Competing proposals to legalize casinos in four Arkansas counties may guarantee that voters will be inundated with ads on the issue, but the focus likely won't be whether the state needs another gambling option. The debate instead could hinge on what type of casinos would be palatable to this Bible BeltÃâà...
NWAOnline
March 31, 2018
The group has captured nearly four billion public expenditures as part of "the world's largest private database of government spending." The database is available free of charge to citizens and other stakeholders. OpenTheBooks.com also reports all Arkansas government employee salaries and checkbookÃâà...
Log Cabin Democrat
March 26, 2018
... to the members of the Commission to determine whether any issue raised in the court case, including the method of selection, requires a second look.” Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ademilloÃâà...
Hot Springs Sentinel
March 26, 2018
... is finality there," Hutchinson said. "It is entirely up to the members of the Commission to determine whether any issue raised in the court case, including the method of selection, requires a second look." Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005.
U.S. News & World Report
March 24, 2018
Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ademillo. An AP News Analysis. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
StateScoop
March 19, 2018
(Getty Images). Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to restructure the state government in a way that has been done there in 47 years. And while the technology office reports it doesn't expect to be immediately affected, the sweeping plan is expected to touch nearly every aspect of Arkansas government.
Times Record
March 18, 2018
Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference Monday, March 5, 2018, at the state Capitol in Little Rock with Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO]. AP. By Andrew DeMillo / The Associated PressÃâà...
Newton County Times
March 18, 2018
Some students at the Sam M. Walton College of Business illustrated the size of our government in a memorable way. Matt Waller, dean of the college, had asked students to draw an organizational chart of Arkansas government. The chart was too big for one white board. In fact, the organizational chart wentÃâà...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
March 17, 2018
Promising to cut in half the number of agencies answering to him, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is hoping to emulate a Democratic governor who later defeated him in his first bid for statewide office. Hutchinson is also trying to avoid the pitfalls faced by the last member of his party to hold the state's topÃâà...
Arkansas Times (blog)
March 4, 2018
This is not a belief much in favor these days in any aspect of Arkansas government. See: Poor people don't "deserve" government health care; wealthy corporations and six-figure executives at chambers of commerce "deserve" government tax handouts. Now I've gone and riled myself up. Got to go to theÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 4, 2018
"You can bring Arkansas government to a halt with just 26 members of the House," Parry said. Watson, the Democratic Party recruiter, said many first-time candidates are finding their footing for a campaign after getting involved in groups that focus on certain policy debates, such as Moms Demand Action forÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
March 4, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — With dueling hearings and panels in the wake of Florida's school massacre, Arkansas' Republican governor and lawmakers have made it clear they want school security on the agenda when they return to the Capitol for next year's session. But, unlike Republican counterparts inÃâà...
Arkansas Times (blog)
March 1, 2018
... expects C and H, the only factory hog farm in the watershed, to continue to operate? (It's currently on borrowed time during appeal of the denial.) Dollars to Brazil (which owns the hogs). Pork chops to China, which imports the meat. Hog shit to the scenic Buffalo River. Your Arkansas government at work.
Arkansas Online
March 1, 2018
The question posed in the column "Subsidy snags" was whether Arkansas government could "create jobs by providing cash subsidies to select businesses." In reality, the Quick Action Closing Fund by itself doesn't "create jobs," but what it does do is help strengthen Arkansas' hand when it comes to landingÃâà...
Glamour
February 26, 2018
Twenty years ago Monica Lewinsky was introduced to the world through Ken Starr's infamous 1998 investigation, which, among many things, looked into then President Bill Clinton's conduct during a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by then Arkansas government employee Paula Jones. A related piece ofÃâà...
News & Observer
February 24, 2018
A judge's decision to toss out a lawsuit challenging the ban of a controversial herbicide is putting even more of a spotlight on an Arkansas Supreme Court decision that's created confusion about whether the state can ever be sued. At this point, it'll probably take follow-up decisions from the court or a newÃâà...
Hot Springs Sentinel
February 20, 2018
"We're going to continue what we've been doing, which is figuring out what makes the best policy, coming up with a plan for reform and figuring out which method of tax relief makes the most sense for Arkansas." Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press sinceÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 17, 2018
Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ademillo. An AP News Analysis. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
woodworkingnetwork.com
February 7, 2018
Arkansas government asks 120 sawmills to take a survey. By Robert Dalheim February 07, 2018 | 1:28 pm EST. Comments. Print. Arkansas' Ouachita Pine Forest Arkansas' Ouachita Pine Forest. ARKANSAS - Arkansas will ask 120 of its active sawmills to participate in a survey, which will allow it to construct year-endÃâà...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Weeks after he effectively halted the launch of Arkansas' medical marijuana program, a judge is urging officials to find a way to resume evaluating applications. That's going to be easier said than done. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen last week encouraged theÃâà...
Hot Springs Sentinel
December 31, 1999
... state agencies responsible for implementing the Medical Marijuana Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution -- violated their constitutional and administrative duties." Despite that warning, the options for avoiding a delay could be dwindling. Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politicsÃâà...
Log Cabin Democrat
December 31, 1999
Democratic state Sen. Linda Chesterfield admitted frustration with the restriction as a tradeoff. But, after voting for the program's reauthorization, she added: “I would be more frustrated if we didn't have anything at all.” Andrew DeMillo has covered Arkansas government and politics for The Associated Press since 2005.
Times Record
December 31, 1999
A state representative from Fort Smith fully supports a bill that would give Arkansas government officials greater oversight of prescription costs. District 77 state Rep. Justin Boyd, R-Fort Smith, and a practicing pharmacist in Crawford County, said the bill, which specifically focuses on monitoring prescriptionÃâà...
Log Cabin Democrat
December 31, 1999
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A judge's decision to toss out a lawsuit challenging the ban of a controversial herbicide is putting even more of a spotlight on an Arkansas Supreme Court decision that's created confusion about whether the state can ever be sued. At this point, it'll probably take follow-upÃâà...
Arkansas Business Online
December 31, 1999
Arkansas Government: Partner in Economic Development. by Arkansas Business Staff on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 12:24 am 1 min read. Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives his "State of the State" speech to the Arkansas General Assembly. The Richard Sheppard Arnold Federal Courthouse in Little Rock. (Mauren Kennedy). < >.
